Just Stay

I found my fickle friend out in the alley wayHe said "You don't look so good"I said "Hey, Doc, that's great""You started practicing, I never got the note"So lets shake and trade and be on our wayLet's go go go

So here we are again, inside your neon shrineSharing a chopping block beneath embarassed lightThat tries to hide from us, it tucks itself awaySo we both grab hold and say "No you don't"Just stay, just stay

The morning's hot and harshMy notebook fills itselfThe words come thick with sweatBut it feels like someone elseIs writing all of thisSomeone I just can't believeSo I mop my brow, set my pen back down Still me, still me

And I'm grabbing at a feeling nowThat I can't ever nameSome sign posted to remind meHow I wanted things this wayShe says "It's pretty but you hate yourself""I can hear it clear as day"And I say "I sing like this,It sounds worse than it is"